Swedish–English dictionary

flodvåg

(proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)

flöjt

(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

flopp

A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

floppa

(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).

flor

A soft, sheer fabric.

flora

(countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

florentinare

A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

florentinsk

Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

florist

A person who sells flowers.

florstunn

Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.

flört

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

flörta

(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]

flörtare

Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.

floskel

A platitude or cliché.

floskler

(uncountable, pejorative) Empty, hypocritical talk.

flöte

A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.

flott

Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

flotta

A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.

flotte

A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.

flottig

Like fat; greasy.

flottilj

(nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

flottyrmunk

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

flottyrring

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

flox

Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.

fluffig

Covered with fluff.

fluga

A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.

fluglarv

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]

flugsmälla

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.

fluid

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.

fluke

Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.

flundra

A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).

flunsa

(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

fluorescerande

Of or relating to fluorescence.

flussmedel

A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.

fly

(intransitive, slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee. [from 19th c.]

flyg

The art or science of making and flying aircraft.

flyga

(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.

flygande

That flies or can fly.

flygavgift

The cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip.

flygbolag

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

flygel

An addition or extension to a building.

flygfält

(aviation) An open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.

flygfärdig

Untried or inexperienced.

flygföretag

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

flygkapning

The kidnapping of the passengers of an airplane by threat of force; the hijacking of an airplane, especially in flight.

flygkorridor

Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

flygmaskin

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

flygning

The act of flying.

flygoförmögen

Unable to fly.

flygplan

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

flygplanskapning

The kidnapping of the passengers of an airplane by threat of force; the hijacking of an airplane, especially in flight.

flygplats

An airfield:

flygräd

(aviation) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.

flygvärdinna

A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.

flygväsen

The art or science of making and flying aircraft.

flykt

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

flyktig

Hasty or superficial.

flyktighet

The quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.

flykting

A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.

flyta

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.

flytande

Having buoyancy; able to float.

flytande tillstånd

(uncountable) The state or property of being liquid.

flytförmåga

The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.

flytt

The event of changing one's residence.

flytta

To put something out of its usual place.

flytta isär

(transitive, intransitive, slang) To leave.

flytta på sig

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

flytta sig

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

flyttare

Someone who or something that moves.

flyttbar

(biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

flyttblock

(geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.

fm

(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from midnight to noon (the first half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.

FN

Initialism of United Nations.

fnask

A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.

fnatt

(informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.

fniss

A stifled or broken laugh.

fnissa

To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.

fnittra

To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.

fnöske

A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

fnysa

To make a huffing or snorting sound of disdain or dismissal; (figurative, by extension) to show one's disdain.

foajé

A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.

fobi

An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

föda

(transitive) To bear or give birth to (a child).

föda upp

(transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.

född

Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

födelse

(countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.

födelsedag

The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

födelsedatum

The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.

födelsemärke

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

födelseort

The location where a person was born.

foder

(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.

foderblad

(botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.

födgeni

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

födoämne

(countable) A foodstuff.

fodra

(transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.

fodral

(engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.

fodralklänning

(fashion) A tight-fitting dress.

födsel

The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

foetor ex ore

(pathology) The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.

fog

The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.

foga

(transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together

foga ihop

(transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together

foga samman

(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.

föga troligt

Not likely to happen.

fogde

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

foglig

Compliant.

fokus

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).

fokusera

(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on]

föl

A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

föla

(ambitransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.

foley

(uncountable, US) The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images.

folie

A very thin sheet of metal.

följa

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

följa med

(intransitive, followed by "with") To accompany.

följaktligen

(conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.

följande

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

följare

(literally) One who follows, comes after another.

följd

(countable) A possible effect or result of a decision or action.

följdriktig

Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]

följdsats

(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

följe

A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.

följeslagare

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.

följetong

A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.

följligen

(conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.

följsamhet

(uncountable) The state of being compliant.

folk

(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

folka

(UK, Australia, NZ) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).

folkdräkt

A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

folket

The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

folkledare

(historical) A leader of the people.

folklig

Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap. [from 19th c.]

folkmängd

(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.

folkmassa

(with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.

folkmord

The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

folkmun

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

folkomröstning

(law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.

folkräkning

(cellular automata) A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah.

folkrik

Having a large population.

folkslag

(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.

folkspråk

Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.

folkstyre

(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).

folkvagn

(UK, Australia, NZ) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).

foment

A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.

fön

(chiefly, _, UK) A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.

fond

A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.

fondridå

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

fondue

A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.

fonem

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

fönster

An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.

fönsterbåge

The opening part of a window, usually containing the glass panes; either hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window. [circa 1680]